For Linux, Mac, and Windows

Simple to use for any user on any platform Photoshop, GIMP, or PSP

Professionals and amateurs alike have been using the 5.0 version for years to correct their color fringe, but only if they were using Photoshop or Paintshop Pro. Now everyone can benefit from fast, easy, and high quality Color Fringe Reduction by adding the GIMP to their workflow. Being cross platform, the script runs on any operating system that can run the GIMP.

If you are a user of Photoshop Elements, you now have a viable solution, just open your image in the GIMP, run the GIMP version of the Color Fringe Reducer to correct the color fringe, save the file losslessly as a psd or png and open it up in Photoshop Elements to finish your work on the now corrected image. Your long wait for Color Fringe Reduction is now over! 

Color Fringe Reducer 5.0 now in three flavors!

GIMP Version | Photoshop Version | Paint Shop Pro Version

Don't have GIMP installed in Windows?  Download it here:

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

For the GIMP on Linux, Mac, or Windows

$10.00

Installing and running the script

Save the script into the gimp script folder. To determine where that is, open gimp and go to (File - Preferences - Folders - Scripts) once you note where the folder is, close gimp and save the script to that folder. Some common locations are:
Linux ~/.gimp-2.0/scripts/
Mac ~/.gimp-2.0/scripts/
Windows C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts\

Once the script is in the folder, run gimp and open the image you need to work on. Use the color picker tool to click on the color fringe. I get the best results by clicking the most colorful portion of the fringe, dark or pale colors don't work as good:

Now that the fringe color has been selected, run the script (Script-Fu | Color | Color Fringe Reducer 5):

You can control the strength of the fringe detection. The default is 50 and should be adequate for most users. But some images may need a finer touch, so use a smaller number like 25:

Once the script finishes, you may need to edit the correction layer if there are details that share the fringe color. For example if you have purple fringe and there is a person wearing a purple shirt, you may have to use the eraser tool and erase the correction on the correction layer so the shirt retains its original color.

Here is a before and after example of the script in action

For Photoshop 6 and above PC/MAC

$10.00

The action The Color Fringe Reducer 5.0 action is designed for Photoshop 6 and above PC/MAC. It will help reduce color fringe produced from any camera. Being an action, it runs on PC and Mac platforms.

This action does not run on other versions of Photoshop®, Photoshop Elements®, Paint Shop Pro®, or any other program that I know of.

Click here for the Paint Shop Pro version
Click here for the Gimp version

The action has an Auto Purple Fringe Reducer action that requires no user intervention to run. There is also a manual color fringe action that will allow the user to select the particular color they want to reduce since not all color fringe is of the purple variety.

This animation shows the effect of the Auto Purple Fringe Reducer action:

If you have color fringe that is not of the purple variety, the Manual Color Fringe Reducer action will be able to take care of it. The animation below shows a green fringe on the top of the branches before and after the action is ran on it:

Loading the action Once you receive the action, save it to a folder on your hard drive you will know where to find it. You can drag the action into the Photoshop® window to load it, or click on the actions pallet menu button and then select "Load Actions..."

When the action is loaded, it will be closed and look similar to this:

Open the folder containing the action

Click on the action you want to run, then click on the play button

Then all you have to do is wait for the action to complete, or follow the instructions when the action pauses.

For Paint Shop Pro 8 and Higher

$10.00

It does not run on earlier versions of Paint Shop Pro that I know of, and it will not run on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements (1 or 2), or any other program that I know of.

Click here for the Photoshop version
Click here for the GIMP version

The script can be ran non-interactively for full automation of the purple fringe fix. You can also run the script interactively to allow you to select the particular color you want to reduce since not all color fringe is of the purple variety.

This animation shows the effect of the Color Fringe Reducer script ran non-interactively:

If you have color fringe that is not of the purple variety, just run the script interactively (make sure you are zoomed in closely enough to see the fringe clearly), you will have the opportunity to click on the colored fringe to get a custom fix. The animation below shows a green fringe on the top of the branches before and after the script is ran on it:

Loading the script
Once you receive the script, save it to a the "My PSP8 Files\Scripts-Restricted" folder on your hard drive. Once you run Paint Shop Pro, the script will be available in the script selection box. Once selected, just press the "Run Selected Script" button.